French President Emmanuel Macron was warmly welcomed in Cairo on Sunday evening, joining Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on a walk through the historic Khan El-Khalili district at the start of a three-day official visit to Egypt. The two leaders strolled through Al-Hussein Square, pausing outside the revered Al-Hussein Mosque where crowds gathered to greet them. Surrounded by tight security, the presidents interacted with vendors and passersby at Khan El-Khalili, with video footage showing them smiling and exchanging brief conversations with locals. During the walk, El-Sisi was overheard telling Macron how he grew up in the area at a time of great diversity and that there had been Jews living there as well. The walk ended with a dinner at one of the area’s traditional restaurants, the famous Naguib Mahfouz restaurant. On X after the tour, the French President posted a thank you message to El-Sisi and the Egyptian people for their warm welcome and said it was a vibrant tribute to the ‘friendship that unites Egypt and France’. President Macron’s visit, made at the invitation of President El-Sisi, began earlier that evening with a private tour of the Grand Egyptian…
